2015 Newsletter Archive

Facebook Instant Articles Finally Come To Android
Facebook announced that Android users can finally now read its Instant Articles. In October, everyone using the iPhone app became able to read thousands of them from the News Feed on a daily basis, and now Android users can do the same.12.22.15

Social Media Trends and Buzzwords that need to Quit
Last week we discussed the top social media predictions for 2016, buzzwords and their meanings, and hosted a webinar looking at trends for next year. This week, I’m setting aside the rosy outlook machine, and instead focusing on the social media trends and buzzwords that need to be gone, and …11.30.15

Profile Videos Are Coming To Facebook
Facebook has just announced the coolest thing to happen to your profile since the Cover Photo. Soon, you’ll have the ability to set a seven-second looping video as your profile pic. (Don’t worry, you can still just have a static pic if you want) Facebook is calling them “Profile Videos”.10.05.15

3 Social Metrics You Should Be Using But Aren't
Social Media has evolved significantly over the past few years. Not only for you and I posting our updates to Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, or [insert your favorite platform here], but for businesses and social connections as well.09.14.15

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Email Used By Most Of The Popular Social Media SitesRemember the days when it wasn't uncommon to read an article speculating about whether or not social media would kill email? In fact, if you count the increasingly popular business communication tool Slack, it's still a subject that comes up.06.08.15

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Current Problems With Facebook Interest TargetingChances are you aren't seeing the same kind of organic reach for your Facebook Page posts that you once were. This is a widespread phenomenon that has been taking place for roughly the past year and a half, and has become a huge bane to marketers and publishers. I'm sure I'm not telling you anything you don't already know.05.04.15

Tips For Using the Twitter Periscope AppEarlier this month, it was revealed that Twitter bought Periscope, a startup making a live streaming video app that had yet to launch. Now, Twitter has officially launched the app, which is a direct competitor to another new app that has quickly gained some traction – Meerkat.03.30.15

Twitter Cracks Down Heavily On Abuse and HarassmentTwitter has a big problem with abuse. Everyone knows this. The company's CEO knows this. The management team at Twitter knows something has to be done about it. But what is Twitter going to do about all the abuse and harassment that takes place on the site? 03.02.15

Facebook Shares Stats About Its Video GrowthFacebook has been touting its major growth in video this month, and that continued on Wednesday afternoon as the company reported its earnings for the fourth quarter and full year 2014. On the company's earnings call, CEO Mark Zuckerberg revealed that Facebook is, on average, seeing more than 3 billion video views per day. Zuck also shared this nice little graphic on Facebook: 02.02.15

Reddit Reaches Over 71 Billion Pageviews in 2014 We've seen a lot of year-end posts from most of the major Internet companies, but only now are we getting something for reddit. This one is interesting because it actually includes stats for the site. 01.05.15